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In a recent interview with the Broward Palm Beach New Times, guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH revealed that he was working on a solo project which he described as "very stripped down and simple. The most primitive, acoustic-based stuff. That's what I'm really into." He added: "I'm always creating. ...

The Vianor Tire Center in Gothenburg, Sweden gave its customers an unforgettable tire-changing experience by having Nokian Summer tires installed on their cars while being serenaded by the Swedish heavy metal band HAMMERFALL. Vianor knows its customers and many of them are HAMMERFALL fans. So, with the band's cooperation, they planted a hidden camera in ...

TREMONTI, the band led by CREED and ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti, will release its sophomore album, "Cauterize", on June 9 via Fret 12. The follow-up to 2012's "All I Was" was helmed by producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who previously worked with ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH. "We are extremely excited for the fans to hear ...

Rolling Stone Brasil recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his latest solo album, "Inferno", Marty said: "'Inferno' was a very ambitious project for me, because my last previous five albums or so were released only in Japan. And so I got an ...

UNLOCKING THE TRUTH — the heavy metal band from Flatbush, Brooklyn made up of three African-American boys, guitarist Malcolm Brickhouse, bassist Alec Atkins and drummer Jarad Dawkins — spoke to The Daily Beast about their decision to sever ties with Sony, less than a year after signing with the major label. "It was ...

Bassist Greg Chaisson has announced his departure from RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee. Greg says: "I'm afraid to say real life just jumped right up and got in the way of my good time. I can no longer take any more time away from ...

Hard rock legends AC/DC were honored in the "Rock/Alternative International" category at this year's Echo music awards, Germany's equivalent of the Grammy awards, which was held last night (Thursday, March 26) in Berlin. Video footage of their acceptance speech can be seen at this location. Also nominated in the "Rock/Alternative International" category were ...

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell will release "Magic Moments - 25th Anniversary Special Show" on CD, DVD and Blu-Ray on April 28 (one day earlier internationally) through SPV/Steamhammer. The weather gods smiled on Axel Rudi Pell on that memorable magic evening of July 11, 2014 at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany: There ...

According to The Pulse Of Radio, NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor is reportedly playing a major role in redesigning the digital music app on Apple's iPhones to include a new streaming service. Reznor is the chief creative officer at Beats Music, the streaming service that Apple acquired for $3 billion last year. The Beats ...

To celebrate national Music In Our Schools Month, Little Kids Rock — a national nonprofit dedicated to expanding music education in disadvantaged public schools nationwide — teamed up with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and the Hot Topic Foundation to deliver 20 new musical instruments to McKinley School in Pasadena, California on Wednesday, March 25. ...